
The Cult of Churchill | Tariq Ali & Priyamvada Gopal
The Verso Podcast
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The Price of Mythologies
Priya: I think there is still a very deeply entrenched idea in Britain that the ruling classes are fundamentally benevolent, and that if you just wait, they will give you what you need. Priya: The only way to stop tyranny is to stop putting up with it. She says we need to replace the mythologies of benevolence and relative choirs since that have governed the British public sphere. "I'm thinking of young people very profoundly involved in climate change work in extinction rebellion"
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